Greetings friends! Ten years ago today (July 30, 2014) something special arrived in the mail: a reader's edition of the Greek New Testament. At that time I knew very little Greek, so my purchase was an act of faith, a step taken toward a far-off dream. Now, ten years later, I can say that I have read this book from cover to cover--with far from perfect understanding, to be sure, but with sufficient understanding to be greatly blessed by its sacred words.

That was not the only dream in the works ten years ago. I was turning forty that fall, and I decided that I wanted to launch my own website and blog. By God's grace, that dream, too, came to reality, and Dwight Gingrich Online was launched on my birthday in 2014. I'm deeply grateful for the many interested readers and helpful interactions I have received since then!

For several years now, however, DGO has been every bit as tattered and worn as my Greek NT. The old WordPress platform was bloated with plugins. Pages were loading slowly--not only for readers, but especially for me on the increasingly rare times when I tried to write a new post. My old web hosts were distant and unhelpful, despite repeated requests for help. 

For several years I prayed earnestly about this, until finally in December 2023 our church congregation offered to pay for a rebuild of my website. Hallelujah!

Today it is my joy to tell you...

Welcome to DGO 2.0!

Photo by Camille Couvez on Unsplash​

This new DGO site contains almost all the same content as the old one. (Missing are most of my recommendations for third-party resources, since those were becoming dated, but my commentary lists are still here). There's not much new content yet, but please take a look at something my wife created: a 10-year plan for memorizing all 150 Psalms! 

This new website isn't fancy visually, but we've put a lot of work into what matters most: making it easy for you to find the content you're looking for. Here are some tips to get you started:

Speaking of financial support, I am expecting it to cost about $300 to $400 per year to keep DGO online, beside time I spend in study and writing. If God lays it on your heart to help cover these expenses, I will receive your support with gratitude.

Now that I have a smoothly-running blog again, I hope to post more often. How often? Well, let's just say more than annually, as it's been lately! I'm hoping to share more short posts both inspirational and exegetical, as when DGO was first born.

I am also drafting an historical and theological treatise on Mennonites and ordinances, hopefully to be published as a brief book. In addition, it remains my goal to return to my study and writing on divorce and remarriage. (May God allow these dreams, too, to come true.)

Finally, several more details about DGO 2.0:

  • A big thanks to the team at Prosynergy, who carefully ensured that all my long foot-note-laden blog posts migrated safely to this new Superblog platform. (It can be scary when so much of your brain is online!) Joe Wine in particular put (is putting) up with a lot of requests from me about ways I think things like search engines and comment sections could be improved. Thanks, Joe, for your patience and your dedication to seeing this project through.
  • The comments section doesn't yet have all the options I dream of. For example, since we don't (yet) have nested comments, please be clear who you are talking to if you are responding to a prior comment. At present the newest comments are at the top, so bear that in mind.
  • This post is our first time sending an email to subscribers, so we're about to find out how well this works! (Edit: It didn't work at all the first time, so perhaps the second time?)
  • We transferred the subscriber list from the old blog to here. It was pretty dated. If you decide now is the time to unsubscribe, I won't be offended. (And sorry; we hope to soon have an "unsubscribe" option added to the emails sent to subscribers.)

If you've read this far, thank you! I welcome your comments about this relaunch--either in the comments section or by email, either about content or with suggestions for improving the functionality of this new site.

As I near 50 years of age, I'm aware more keenly than ever that following Christ is a matter of the orientation of our hearts. Bible study and informed obedience remain vital, but my heart cry these days is often more basic: "God, keep my faith alive! Lead my children to faith in Jesus! May your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven!"

And all God's people said... "Amen."

For Christ and his church,
Dwight Gingrich